How to Prepare for Your First Oboe Lessons
Lindsie Katz, Violinist and Educator Jennifer Stucki, Oboist and Faculty Member Preparing for your first few music lessons can be a daunting task for families. What do we bring? Does my child have to play the instrument beforehand?...
5 Healthy Ways to Return to Your Instrument After a Break
Lindsie Katz, violinist and educator It can be challenging to come back to our instruments after an extended time away. Parents, you might not know how to help your child feel motivated to come back to it, or maybe you need some help knowing how to practice with...
5 Ways to Play With Music Over the Summer (With or Without Your Instrument!)
Lindsie Katz, Violinist What are your plans for the summer? Hanging out with your friends, spending lots of time outside soaking up the sun, having fun, and making amazing memories? I hope you are able to do those things and many more, especially those activities...
🎹 How to Prepare for Your First Piano Lessons
Lindsie Katz, Violinist Brian HickmanPianist and Faculty Member Preparing for your first few music lessons can be a daunting task for families. What do we bring? Does my kid have to play the instrument beforehand? How do we know what to practice?...
Student Spotlight: Lynn Schwankl
We love getting to know Center for Musical Arts students! In this video, Center faculty member Lindsie Katz interviews student and jazz musician Lynn Schwankl. Center for Musical Arts: Hi everyone. My name is Lindsie Katz, and I’m one of the violin and viola...
Practice Tips: Learning to Love Sight-Reading
Lindsie Katz, Violinist In my experience, sight-reading can carry a lot of weight for musicians. Before I delve into how to approach developing and mastering this skill, let’s discuss what “sight-reading” actually is: it is when musicians are presented with a new...
Student Spotlight: Colin Lockridge
Lindsie Katz, Violinist As one of our long-time students at the Center for Musical Arts, Colin Lockridge has made quite an impact over the years as he has blossomed into a wonderful pianist and composer. He has been studying under one of the Center’s faculty members,...
Parents: 8 Practice Tips to Help Your Beginning Musicians
Lindsie Katz, Violinist In my 10+ years of teaching the violin to young children in Colorado, one of the main things I have learned is that having a plan is key to consistency (and to the sanity of parents/guardians!). If you have a plan, then you can more easily...